Weber State University Athletics
Weber State University
7-2 , 5-1
Sacramento State
2-7 , 0-6
Wildcats beat Hornets 26-14 for fourth-straight win
11/3/2018 4:40:00 PM | Football
With the win the Wildcats improved to 7-2 overall and 5-1 in Big Sky play with two games remaining in the regular season.
Weber State has now won seven or more games in three-straight seasons for the first time in school history. The Wildcats also won their eighth straight home game and finished the regular season undefeated at home for just the third time in school history. The Wildcats have won 11 of their last 12 games at home.
Weber State jumped out to a 19-0 lead early in the third quarter in Saturday's win after two Trey Tuttle field goals and touchdown passes from Jake Constantine to Darryl Denby and Rashid Shaheed.
Sacramento State recovered a fumble and returned it for a touchdown midway through the third quarter, but Josh Davis responded with a three-yard touchdown run to make it 26-7. The Hornets added a touchdown run with less than a minute to play.
.@CoachJayHill after today's win@UtahEyeCenters #WeAreWeber pic.twitter.com/ACdCPP8tQh
— No. 4 Weber State Football ?? (@weberstatefb) November 3, 2018
The Wildcats held Sacramento State to just 170 yards, the fewest yards allowed by the Wildcats this season. Weber State also held the Hornets to 72 yards rushing and 98 yards passing, while the Wildcat defense finished with 377 yards.
Constantine finished the day 23 of 27 passing for 197 yards and two touchdowns and senior Rathen Ricedorff was 3 of 4 passing for 18 yards.
Josh Davis had his fifth game of rushing for at least 100 yards as he finished with 18 carries for 129 yards and a touchdown. Davis now has 935 yards on the season.
Shaheed led all receivers with six catches for 49 yards and a touchdown. Isiah Jackson had four catches for 61 yards and Denby finished with four catches for 36 yards and a touchdown. Eight different Wildcats caught passes for Weber State.
On defense, Jawian Harrison finished with eight tackles, while Parker Preator, Landon Stice, McKade Mitton and Jordan Preator each had four tackles. The Wildcats had two sacks and eight tackles for loss.
Saturday's game was Senior Day, as Weber State honored its 16 seniors in the final regular season home games.
The final two games will be rivalry games for Weber State as the Wildcats play at Southern Utah Saturday at 5 p.m. and at Idaho State on Nov. 17.
Team Stats
SAC 0, WSU 3
WSU - TUTTLE, Trey 42 yd field goal 13 plays, 45 yards, TOP 6:14
SAC 0, WSU 10
WSU - DENBY, Darryl 20 yd pass from CONSTANTINE, J. (TUTTLE, Trey kick) 5 plays, 73 yards, TOP 1:58
SAC 0, WSU 13
WSU - TUTTLE, Trey 35 yd field goal 7 plays, 39 yards, TOP 3:26
SAC 0, WSU 19
WSU - SHAHEED, Rashid 20 yd pass from CONSTANTINE, J. (TUTTLE, Trey passfailed) 9 plays, 80 yards, TOP 0:00
SAC 7, WSU 19
SAC - HAZEWOOD, L. 33 yd fumble recovery (HOOLIHAN, Owen kick)
SAC 7, WSU 26
WSU - DAVIS, Josh 3 yd run (TUTTLE, Trey kick), 6 plays, 72 yards, TOP 2:30
SAC 14, WSU 26
SAC - McCLURE, Hamish 13 yd run (HOOLIHAN, Owen kick), 10 plays, 47 yards, TOP 3:35
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